Separable button.



SEPARABLE BUTTON. APPLICATION man sans, 1914.

1 1 85,5 62. Patented May 30, 1916.

MM M www l UNITED STATES HERMAN WASWO, 0F RIDGEWAY, MISSOURI.

SEPARABLE BUTTON.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented May so, 191e.

Application filed Septembei 9, 1914. Serial No. 860,921.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, HERMAN WAswo, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ridgeway, in the county of Harrison and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Separable Buttons; and I do hereby declare theV following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andv figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in cuff buttons, and the object in view is to produce a simple and efficient device of this nature made up of two parts, one of which is provided with resili* ent shank portions terminating in hooks which telescope within another part and are made to engage over the edges of an aperture through which the steam passes.

The invention comprises various other details of construction and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically deined in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference thereon, form a part of this application, and in which- Figure 1 is a sectional view, partly in elevation showing the two parts of the button connected together. Fig. 2 is an edge view of one of the parts.- Fig. 3 is a detail view of the other part, partially in longitudinal section, and Fig. 4L is an end view of the socket portion shown in Fig. 3 and illustrating the shape of the recess therein.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates one of the sections of the button, which may be of any size or shape and ornamented or` D designates the other part of the button having a socket E for the reception of the shank portions B and said shank portions. are bent at an angle midway their lengths and flare in opposite directions and each terminates in a flange or wing C, which engage the marginal edges of the holes E formed in the wall of the socket part. Portions of the Shanks B are in contact intermediate their bent portions and the button proper. A portion of the shank portion of the part D, it will be noted, is bent at an angle slightly beyond the end of the socket E and terminates at its end in a button.

It will be noted that a slight space intervenes between the head of the part A and the Haring end D of the other icient to receive a shirt cuff'.

When it is desired to separate the button, the hooked ends may be released from their engaging relation with the edge of the aperture of the shank portion of the part A and after which the parts may be easily withdrawn one from the other.

What I claim to be new is The improved separable button herein de# .scribed comprising a base member with integral shank portions' and a coperating member having a flange and a tubular portion with oppositely disposed openings and terminating in an angular portion with a head at an angle to said flange, the bore of said tubular portion being elongated in cross section and the shank portions of said base member being independent of each other throughout their length with a material portion of'said shanks in contact with each other and then curved outwardly in opposite directions and terminating in oppooutwardly flexed by suoli contact of the first named portions whereby said shank portions are compressed by engagement of their conveXed portion with the opposite side walls of said bore as the two members are assembled and automatically forced outward into said openings by reason of the contact of their other ends with each other. l

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERMAN WASWO.

Witnesses:

S. G. REAKSEGKER,

W. E. THOMPSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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